This is my companion today
as I went out for my walk of quiet gratitude
in the garden
among the flowers
this young cardinal sits in the tree above me
chin tilted up, beak open
and as I repeatedly snap photos
she poses, we
chat
and I laugh and ask her, just what she is doing?
she is hot (another terribly humid day),
she is caroling joy into a bright blue sky (although she is not making a sound),
she is taking time to
breathe,
she is definitely posing
when I come in to look at the pictures of the flowers
and the bees
to see if anything today appears in focus
I come to these pictures of the cardinal
and I laugh
she is breath
she is joy
she is pause
she is wonder
and right now, she is the brightest smile
on my
heart
and I
am indeed
gratitude
as what a shame it would have been
to have
missed
this ♥
